Al Jarreau

[fox69]

"Dinosaur"

"Dinosaur"



Hip horray for true love that's unconditional
Just your baby, no pistol by your side
Nothing wrong with a love of god traditional
Making bridges or shoestrings all with pride
Silver and gold obsessionals
Pilfering's become an art
War and deceit professionals
And it breaks my heart, or am I just.

One more late, great dinosaur.
Hip hooray for the solid citizensational
Hale to caesar and praise to God on high
I'm working hard but I got two weeks vacational
Made me mad when melodic music died.

I've heard the forest weeping
Rivers that cease to roar
Gone with thy brothers keeping
And it melts my core, or am I just
One more late, great dinosaur.

I'll keep the watch the waiting
You'll help me keep the door
The witness participating
So it breaks no more, or am I just
One more late
One more great
One more late, great dinosaur

 

[fox69]

"Distracted"

"Distracted"


I wonder how do you do
And should I come back to you
I've been thinking
I wonder how do you do
And should I come back to you

I was lonely, sad and so distracted
I took a highway
It was the low way in disguise
There because only
My love had chain reacted
There was a detour 'long the way -
With a soft shoulder toll to pay -
Leaving me a-lonely
Sad and so distracted

I was lonely, so sad and so distracted
Taking the freeway but when I broke free
I closed my eyes
Mama, please hold me real close 'cause
I've been fractured

There was a detour along the way
With a soft shoulder toll to pay
Leavin' me a-lonely,
Sad and so distracted

Notice the teardrops running down on
my cheek
Notice the laughter
Making it loud's a good disguise
Taking my heartaches for a little ride
on main street

There was a detour 'long the way
Just another heart that stalled today
Leaving me a-lonely, sad and so
distracted

(Play your horn, play on your horn)

There was a detour 'long the way
Just another heart that stalled today
Leaving me a-lonely, sad and so
distracted

[Repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Easy"

"Easy"



Yesterday, you left Brazil and went
away to see the world.
Looking for a distant beach,
a different shore-a faster whirl.
Thinking that your hearts desire
Hungered for some Paris or Berlin.
Caught between the snow and the fire-
Will sweet Carioca love again?

Your superman gonna do the
super-best he can
To free the pearl.
Giving you the superness
that he can do.
Believe me, girl

That everyday your need is higher.
But love is not Chicago or L.A.
Home is where your heart's on fire
And where that restless snowbird melts away.

It's easy, easy-
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.
It's easy,
Let your love ring out
Let my loving in today.

It's easy
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.
Ain't it easy?
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Settle down,there ain't
no need to run around.
It's really clear
That I'm the man
Who's gonna do the super-best he can
To keep you near.

Everyday your need soars higher.
Love is not Chicago or L.A.
Home is where your heart's on fire.
Can't deny this love is here to stay.

Easy, easy-
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.
Easy-
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Ain't it easy?
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Ain't it easy?
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Easy, easy, easy.
Easy-
Let your heart ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

It's easy-
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Ain't it easy?
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay.

Ain't it easy?
Let your love ring out.
Let my loving in to stay

 

[fox69]

"Fallin'"

"Fallin'"


Misty water colors
Raining trees and flowers
All inside a picture frame
Silent galleria
Quiet nostalgia
Sweet images remain
Just a face and a memory
Can't forget you were so near to me

[CHORUS:]
I'm always...fallin'...lovin'...leavin'
Always...fallin'...lovin'...leave and
Then begin again

Another night in Paris
Misty eyes and hair
Fashioned by the wind and rain
Another night to cherish
Pressed inside a heart
Where the images remain
Painted spaces and memories
Quiet places remind me
You're still by me

[CHORUS:]

 

[fox69]

"Feels Like Heaven"

"Feels Like Heaven"


Heaven
(feels like heaven to me)
Heaven
(feels like heaven to me)
Get up in the morning and I see your smiling face
Feels like a dream
I'm wide awake
It's just too good to be true
That's what I'm thinking when I'm loving you
Lay down every evening and your by my side
Straight from above into my life
I pray the lord my love to keep
When we're together I'm in extasy

[Chorus:]
Girl you take my breath away
And if there was one word to say
What it's like bein' with you
I guess the word heaven, would have to do
And heaven's where I wanna be
In heaven, there is love and peace
And you are all that I need, so plain to see
Just touchin' me, feels like heaven to me

Feels like heaven to me,
Feels like heaven to me
Feels like heaven to me
Feels like heaven to me

Baby, you're an angel,
And your love is so divine
Pure and supreme,
Gets better all the time
Your tender kiss, I can't resist
Never thought nothin' could feel like this

Maybe you could tell me somethin' that I wanna know
Like how d'you get so far from home
A little bit of paradise
That's what I'm seein' shinin' in your eyes

[Chorus x1]

I can't control the love I feel
([bg:] I can't control the way I feel
Your love's the highest high)
It's the highest high
([bg:] if I could ever change a thing
Don't think I'd even try)
Oh, don't think I would try
([bg:] cause this is pure, it's love divine
And I know that this is real)
Cause I can see the change in me
By the way that you make me feel
Feels like heaven to me.
Feels like heaven to me.

[Chorus x1]

Take my breath away
There's just one word to say,
What it's like bein' with you
I guess the word heaven, would have to do
Heaven's where I wanna be
In heaven, there is love and peace
And you are all that I need, it's so plain to see
Just touchin' me, feels like heaven to me

Feels like heaven to me.
Feels like heaven to me...

 

[fox69]

"Fire And Rain"

"Fire And Rain"



Yesterday, just a
Photograph of yesterday
And all its edges folded
And the corners
Faded sepia brown
And yet it's all I have
Of our past love
A postscript to its ending

Brighter days
I can see such brighter days
When every song we sang
Is sung again
And now we know
We know this time it's for good
And we're lovers once again
And you're near me

I can remember the
Rain in December
The leaves are brown
On the ground

In Spain I did love and adore you
The nights filled with
Joy were our yesterdays
And tomorrow will bring you near me

I can recall my desire
Every reverie is on fire
And I get a picture of
All our yesterdays
Yes, today
I can say, I get a kick every time
They play that, Spain, again

I can remember the
Rain in December
The leaves are brown
On the ground

Our love was a Spanish fiesta
The bright lights and songs
Were our joy each day
And the nights were the
Heat of yearning

I can recall my desire
Every reverie is on fire
And I get a picture of
All our yesterdays
Yes, today
I can say, I get a kick every time
I see you gaze at me

I see moments of history
Your eyes meet mine and
They dance to the melody
And we live again
As if dreaming

The sound of our
Hearts beat like castanets
And forever we'll know their meaning

I can recall my desire
Every reverie is on fire
And I get a picture of
All our yesterdays
Yes, today
I can say, I get a kick every time
They play that, Spain, again

You gaze at me
I see moments of history
Your eyes meet mine
And they dance to the melody
And we live again
As if dreaming

I can recall my desire
Every reverie is on fire
And I get a picture of
All our yesterdays
Yes, today
I can say, I get a kick every time
I see you gaze at me

 

[fox69]

"Flame"

"Flame"


So close and yet so smart
Head first before the heart
Ain't no shame
Ain't no game
With the flame

Coldwaters rush in March
No place for April flowers
Take her name
Say she came
With the flame

I've been told
When the stars all align
That even bitter lips like mine
Will call the moon a friend & kiss again
Some I'm told
Let their hearts read the signs
While other men are hungerin
And can't let it in

Be still my foolish heart
Please don't upset the cart
Stay the same
Ain't no game
With the flame

I've been told
I'll be dancin' in time
Walkin' rhythm talkin' rhyme
The earth will turn and send the sun again
All my gold
For a light or a sign
Some kind of kin
To say my friend
Let it out - let it in

Strange fire down below
So 'fraid to let you know
Change my name
Start again
With the flame

Strange fire down below
So 'fraid to let you know
Change my name
Start again
With the flame
The flame [2x]

 

[fox69]

"Fly"

"Fly"



Some walk by night
Some fly by day
Nothing could change you
Set and sure of the way

There is the sun and moon
They sing their own sweet tune
Watch them when dawn is due
Sharing one space

We'll walk by night
We'll fly by day
Moonlighting strangers
Who just met on the way

 

[fox69]

"Gimme What You Got"

"Gimme What You Got"



We made it through
the stormy weather
We promised we would
stay together
We fell out of harmony
Singing Auld Lang Syne
But I've just found a
4-leaf clover
So blue the sky all
Over me and you
We are a symphony-
A sunny valentine
Don't resign

Gimme what you got, babe
And I'll be satisfied
Gimme what you got, babe
And love will turn the tide
Gimme what you got babe...
And always sing keep loving me
forever more

We made a ship to sail the seasons
To conquer all the waves and reasons
Why we never touched the shore
Or found the treasure you adore-
Love's so fine

Ahead of us is stormy weather
We'll cuddle up and stay together
Finally a symphony (will sing)
And sing it one more time.
Don't resign.

 

[fox69]

"Girls Know How"

"Girls Know How"



That kind of love, gonna get you trouble on the street tonight and you should know that people everywhere will find a way everybody’s high…high
That kind of love, gonna lead the helpless on the street tonight it sure looks good but you should be the very first to know that kind of love don’t last…ooh.
You know that girls know how to, ask any man around you. Will say that girls know how to do, do, do, do.
That kind of love, gonna lead you about until you just can’t think and mess you up and every time will turn you all around just have a look at me and you’ll see.
You say that girls know how to, ask any man around who, will say that girls know how to do, it for you too.

You know that girls know how to, ask any man around who will say that girls know how to…
That kind of love can’t letch ya’? And that kind of girl can make it alright.
That kind of love on this kind of night, everyone should love someone.
(What kind of love) What kind of love (What kind of girl…) can make it alright, that kind of love on this kind of night.
You know that girls know how to, ask any man around who, will say that girls know what to do.
To get to get to ooh
You know that girls know how to, ask any man around who, will say that girls know what to do.
For me, and for you too.
You know that girls know how to, just ask any man around who, will say that girls know what to do.
To get to get to ooh